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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

The Summer that never was - wettest in 17 years - is officially over and we've transitioned into Autumn without noticeable difference. Those of you who have been dancing and praying for rain to break the decade long drought can now stop. Enough rain already.

The one good thing about a cloudy day is how the light lends itself to taking half decent pictures. This bundle of fabric is Flower Sugar by Lecien. Sweet and pretty floral prints don't usually make it into my stash, but an exception was made for these strikingly colorful fabrics. Red, green, blue, yellow ... pink.

I have been busy processing another batch of half square triangles. It felt like it had been a while since my last HST project, butnot so. 140+ HST blocks are pieced and trimmed.

I have teamed up the Flower Sugar prints together with some of those from Tanya Whelan's Delilah range and contrasted the prints with a grey semi-solid. The grey fabric is a Shot Cotton by Kaffe Fassett (SC67 - grey). I think I have found a (another) new favorite fabric!

Now joining blocks into to rows. It's coming together just as I'd imagined.

I need to see those Shot Cottons in person. I'm working on a Nikki Tote this week for a birthday present. I have some Amy Butler for the main bag but I'm struggling to find a nice fabric to do the top band and handles. Craft projects can end up costing a fortune for all the fabrics, interfacings etc. Why do we do this? It's cheaper to just buy a gift.

Finally today I will be able to get some sewing done. I am working on my 4th. quilt from the Material Obsession books...this one is the Strawberry Fields quilt from the first Material Obsession. I have re-named it the Tea Party quilt- I have used several pieces from the Hokkoh Tea Party line as well as some Flower Sugar!!!

Gorgeous! I love the KF shot cottons...besides being beautiful, they feel incredible (sooo soft). I don't think I will be playing with HSTs for a while (recently made a gray-and-pink triangle quilt for my best friend), but I am having fun with an all-orange string quilt.

Oh my gosh! I have a STACK of Flower Sugar and Delilah sitting in my fabric cupboard for months now waiting to become a king size quilt for my bed! i haven't started yet b/c I've had all these other projects to finish. I LOVE this fabric!!

I've been working on a quilt for my sister's next baby. Its made of Bliss fabric from Bonnie & Camille. The pattern I'm using is "Wild Thing" by Thimble Blossoms. Its a fun way to make pinwwheels. Just about ready to sew the blocks together. BTW I love the bright florals as well. And I much prefer geo/solid/dot/stripy fabrics myself. The grey probably sold me on it. Great choice for the neutral fabric. It's my fav color!

It is beautiful! And the grey seems so different for you! The HSTs are again irresistable:) I have been busy hand quilting a 25 year old project...a broken star quilt, all hand pieced, also...but in 1987, I was only just learning, and didn't even have a sewing machine!

You tempt me with those HST's every time. And those floral fabrics are SUPER pretty.

Right now I'm hand and machine quilting a wild citrus quilt for my sister, making a coloring book bag for my niece, and totally trashing the original pattern I created for my new daughter's bed quilt. The only element of the pattern that I'm keeping is the HST border I planned. I'm sure you wouldn't argue the importance of that. :)